Xyrin Empire
Chapter 334 - Chapter 334 Chapter 334 Capture

Chapter 334: Chapter 334 Capture Chapter 334: Chapter 334 Capture “Not like this.”

Sandora and Visca said in unison.

I immediately shifted my curious gaze back and forth between the two, wondering why they had reacted so strangely.

Sandora took a long sigh and then pointed to a crystal prism in the center of the room, saying, “Look at the things on that. It seems the situation back then wasn’t as simple as we imagined.”

Visca’s expression changed several times; eventually, she lowered her head, merely stretching out her hand to tightly grip the corner of my clothes.

Qianqian and I exchanged puzzled glances, unable to fathom the reason, while Pandora next to me leaned closer and finally whispered, “Silly sister…”

Things were getting unusual; this was the first time Pandora had called Visca “sister,” and the latter now appeared the picture of guilt and anxiety, which was highly abnormal.

At that moment, Big Sister had followed Sandora’s direction to the crystal prism, continuously displaying data and characters, and curiously observed the items above.

“What’s going on?”

I walked over, completely puzzled, and asked.

Big Sister pointed at the data flowing above and said, “Take a look yourself… these data are a bit odd.”

“Oh,” I replied, then also started observing the characters on the crystal prism–those numbers were completely beyond me, and I was convinced that both Big Sister, who had just been studying it, and Qianqian, who had just started, couldn’t understand them either. At least I could find some solace in that, right?

I struggled to decipher the Xyrin text, which resembled ghost talismans. Although I could read every character and was somewhat familiar with the bizarre grammar, it was still a tough read since it came from an entirely different civilization’s language system. This was unlike any human-created foreign language such as English or German. I never understood why Xyrin language had eight syllables…

Despite the difficulty, I gradually grasped some content from it, excluding the overly specialized terminology and some theoretical arguments hard to correlate and ignoring unrelated descriptions about the test subjects… Damn, there was almost nothing left…

“This, it looks like it might be an analysis report on the weaknesses of human superpower users?”

I said uncertainly, unable to help it; after eliminating the useless parts, I only understood a title…

Sandora nodded and said, “It’s not just an analysis of human superpower users; there are also measures for dealing with all kinds of power users, methods to eliminate them, experimental data of devices that disable superpowers, and some practical data on mass elimination of superpower users.”

The more I heard, the more astonished I was, my face full of question marks.

Big Sister turned back, pointed at the still quietly hovering holographic projections, and asked in surprise, “So you mean, the research here isn’t about how to produce superpower users, but… how to eliminate them?”

“How could this be?” Qianqian’s face was filled with confusion, “Weren’t the first generation of superpower users created by the Xyrin Apostle? Why are there methods to eliminate superpower users here?”

I felt Visca beside me suddenly shudder, and then the little girl spoke softly, “Because… because I am an invader…”

“It seems that the first generation of superpower users weren’t created by Visca.”

Sandora sighed with a complex expression, then leaned over, her sea-blue eyes filled with a determined light, gazing straight into Visca’s dodging eyes.

“Visca, can you tell us now?”

The little girl hesitated, but in the end, she told us the story–of course, from the perspective of a complete outsider.

Tens of thousands of years ago on Earth, there existed a human nation that had begun to blossom with civilization. They created a splendid culture, studied astronomy, architecture, art, and had a well-developed system of writing and knowledge transmission. They established a nation based on slavery, which gradually became the most powerful empire in the world at the time through conquest and assimilation of surrounding tribes and city-states. They established stringent yet merciful laws for that era, even declaring that slaves also had the right to live and could earn their freedom through military achievements, giving this ancient empire an incredible cohesiveness and stable social order. The flower of civilization gradually bloomed on this ancient land, and based on historical fragments discovered much later, referred to as Atlantis, they had even begun to realize the astonishing fact that the Earth was curved.

As Atlantis continued to develop and entered a golden age, the gods finally took notice of these diligent and kind subjects and brought them the greatest glory: the gods themselves descended upon the Earth.

They arrived on a massive ship surrounded by lightning and smoke, descending in an endless radiance. God’s warriors could summon long spears that spewed flames and bows that released thunderous arrows; with such weapons, they eradicated the giant beasts in the north of Atlantis that troubled mortals and the horrific sea monsters that stirred the oceans. They sealed the thunder of the skies into stones, helping humans level the southern mountains that blocked the rain. In gratitude and adoration, the king of Atlantis wanted to build a magnificent temple for the gods to reside in, but the gods declined such offerings, for they possessed abilities far beyond human imagination. Two young girls from the Divine Realm claimed themselves as Builders and, within seven days, constructed a city in the west of the Capital of Atlantis, forged from steel and lightning.

Though immensely powerful, the gods were benevolent and inclined to aid mortals. After eradicating the threats around them, they began to impart knowledge, teaching them how to refine metals more efficiently, build houses, reveal the secrets of the stars, and how to predict the weather. After the great sea monsters of the ocean were eliminated, the gods also helped humans build fleets, guiding them to leave the continent and explore the broader world across the sea. These gods called themselves “Observers.”

With the help of the gods, Atlantis developed rapidly and entered its most splendid era. The people, fearless of catastrophes, were diligent and brave. They expanded their territory to every corner of the world that could be explored, spreading the gods’ benevolence and wisdom to every backward and barbaric nation, and they strictly followed the laws set by the gods, bringing order to the whole world. They gradually learned to create simple machines, accomplishing many things that were once unimaginable with the miraculous inventions from the Divine Realm. This was the pinnacle of Atlantis civilization.

Then, turmoil descended.

The evil gods could no longer bear the flourishing world, they tore through the skies, riding chariots ablaze with dark flames towards Earth, scattering the magma of hell and the brutal lightning everywhere. Many weak-willed mortals also wavered under the tyranny of the evil gods, turning into black monsters and launching cruel attacks on the orderly human factions.

The gods immediately organized a counterattack. Cities of steel rose from the ground and fired blinding white light at the invading evil gods. Their ships also bared their fangs, engaging in combat with lightning and flames, while the most powerful gods collaborated to create a strong barrier that blocked the sky’s war and the raging plague from the outside.

Despite the gods’ immense power, the evil gods held a numerical advantage, and their corrupting energy continuously transformed terrestrial animals into giant monsters, which attacked humans, exhausting the gods in their efforts to cope.

Therefore, the wise gods began selecting mighty warriors from among their people, bringing them into the Great Temple, where they were bathed in the divine light of Heaven and granted divine status. These newly created gods quickly turned the tide against the numerical advantage of the evil gods, and the war reached a stalemate.

However, one day, a tremendous disaster suddenly struck–the cunning evil gods ambushed the Moon God, claiming the moon’s power for themselves. For countless years, the golden moon had shone and blessed humanity, but now it was stained with a blood-like color, forming two ominous red halos around it. The halos flickered, and a low, red glow descended from the sky. Overnight, the continent was shattered, the oceans began to boil, and the sky was set ablaze, leading to the instant downfall of the once-great Atlantis civilization…

In the records of ancient humans, history stops there.

After Visca finished telling this “story,” silence filled the information center. Although she didn’t say it outright, it was easy to infer what the gods and evil gods in the story represented.

Another version of this story might be easier to understand: Tens of thousands of years ago, there was a primitive civilization on Earth that caught the interest of a Xyrin Expedition Team. This team came to Earth and then tried to aid those vibrant humans. However, the good times didn’t last long–a crazy Xyrin Apostle led a large number of the Rebel Army, following this expedition team to Earth. When enemies meet, things get intense; the Xyrin Apostle and the Fallen Alliance erupted into the largest-scale firefight in the history of the Milky Way. Initially defeated, the outnumbered expedition team seemed to be in a tough spot. However, scientists knowing martial arts changed the game… the scientists used their brains, which was quite frightening. They found a way to enhance the fragile natives on Earth into supermen. One after another, superhuman, created with their underwear worn outside their clothes, turned the tide of the war. Unfortunately, on the rebel side, there was a Leader-level Apostle who summoned a Planet Fortress, and it might have been an Earth’s Crust Destruction Cannon or an Atmospheric Evaporation Bomb. Whatever it was, the expedition team was wiped out in an instant…

“And then?”

Seeing Visca fall silent, I instinctively felt that the story hadn’t ended yet, at least, why would Visca leave her star-level Mother Ship in Earth orbit? If this girl still had the Mother Ship with her during the time in Azeroth… Oh, then Earth should have already reached the year 2012 by now.

Visca took a moment to recollect, still seemingly unclear about those memories, then slowly said, “Then, the reinforcements from the Xyrin expedition team arrived, and I was driven away, after which my memories become a chaotic mess again, mingling with other Fallen Apostles… Honestly, it’s only now that I remember I have such a starship…”

All of us sighed in unison.

The era of Visca’s madness, who knows how many outrageous things this girl did in that haze–she even destroyed an entire era of human civilization.

This explained why Visca had abilities specifically targeting superpower users: more than seven hundred thousand years ago, this girl was already dealing with superpower users!

Thus, the technology specifically targeting superpower users held by the Olympus Organization, especially the devices that could disrupt Lin Xue’s vision, was likely found in the relics left by Visca.

We finally understood why Visca had been acting quite uneasy from the beginning, and even exhibited many abnormal reactions–being the chief culprit behind the destruction of human ancestors, who could remain calm at such times?

However, to actually regard her as an enemy, she was really overthinking, although knowing what Visca had done in the past was surprising, it was difficult to harbor bitter resentment towards those ancient civilizations that were destroyed hundreds of thousands of years ago, just as we might only respond with an “Oh” upon learning that dinosaurs were wiped out by a meteorite.

“Silly girl,” I said, rubbing Visca’s soft little face, “You’re overthinking it.”

“Stupid sister,” Pandora repeated softly, and this time I understood her meaning: as the Xyrin Apostle who had spent the most time with me, Pandora probably knew that no matter how mysterious Visca’s actions were hundreds of thousands of years ago, I would not blame her, so facing Visca’s uneasiness, she could make such a comment, “stupid sister.”

Visca was startled for a moment, then suddenly unleashed a relieved smile, softly saying a phrase she had never said before: “Big sister is the silly one…”

I could absolutely confirm, at that moment Pandora was overloaded–smoke was already starting to billow from that girl’s head!

Just then, the Xyrin Soldiers who had gone to search for traces of Artemis suddenly sent back information, “Code ST-32 reporting! Intruder traces found at the third data center, a small team is approaching!”

“It’s showtime!” I whispered, then pulling Visca, “Girl, lead the way!”

With Visca, who knew the terrain well, leading us, we quickly traversed the labyrinth-like information storage area and directly approached the location of the data center, which was quite close to the core control room and just on our originally intended path of advance.

“No target found at the third data center, the enemy may have moved.”

“Temperature anomalies detected in the emergency passage on the left, estimated to be three hundred meters away from the target…”

Hundreds of well-trained, powerful warriors converged towards the same target guided by a piece of information, gradually forming a three-dimensional net in this spherical complex facility. All possible passages were locked one by one, and the areas left to be cleared were few. Being directly under the command of a Leader-level Xyrin Apostle, even the most dangerous interstellar criminals might not have had such an honor, just on this account, Artemis should be proud enough.

“Target detected in the scanning zone,” Pandora suddenly halted in the corridor leading to the main control room, whispering, “The target is expected to appear in six seconds…five seconds, four seconds, three seconds…”

Various energies instantly flooded the entire corridor, all of our focus was on the corner ahead, which was still empty, but faint footsteps had already come through.

“Two seconds, one second… Target appears!”

“Time freeze!”

A swiftly running black figure had just appeared around the corner and was frozen in mid-air without any suspense.

The whole chase could be described as completely suspense-free, easy, and enjoyable.

“Weakness.” Big Sister cast a simple curse on Artemis, then Qianqian released her own ability.

The woman in the black robe awkwardly fell to the ground, seemingly trying to struggle, but she clearly lacked the strength to do so.

“Don’t bother, Big Sister’s curse can bring even a Demon Leader to his knees,” I approached, bent down, and removed the strange white mask from her face, “Uh, look you Spick take you dead?”

“Which country’s people would understand your words?”

Qianqian brought her hand to her forehead in an extremely helpless gesture, not knowing who had stood next to me in every English class growing up, resulting in both of us being dubbed as English killers, foreign language idiots twin stars, ultimate patriots–oh, please underline that last title.

Just as Zeus had confessed, the person known as Artemis was indeed a woman, and seeing her face now, we realized she might better be described as a girl–she seemed to be no older than seventeen or eighteen.

She was a foreign girl with long golden hair and a beautiful, stubborn expression. Despite being an enemy, I must admit, it was hard to associate such an apparently harmless girl with the mastermind of an evil organization.

“I didn’t expect you to track me down here,” the golden-haired girl collapsed on the ground, showing no sign of fear despite her desperate situation, “Have you also discovered the method to make and activate the Star Disk from the ancient civilization?”

“I thought you were going to mention the relics of the Gods,” I said.

Despite being captured, the golden-haired girl remained calm, showing a taunting smile and shaking her head. “Gods? That’s just to deceive those fools. Are there any gods in this world?”

There are; I live with one, and she’s a goddess who continuously ranked last in countless retakes–maybe that last part was unnecessary?

It’s somewhat funny to think that the Olympus Organization, aimed at pursuing the traces of gods and creating a new mythological era, is actually controlled by an atheist. Isn’t fate truly unpredictable?

The clatter of metal war boots on the ground came from each direction of the cross-sectioned corridors. Teams of fierce warriors in black armor surged forward, and amidst the clicking sounds of firearm mechanisms, the golden-haired girl’s head was simultaneously aimed at by a forest of long guns and cannons.

“It seems you have been more successful in your studies of the ancient civilization relics than Olympus,” the golden-haired girl said with slightly surprised eyes as she gazed at the expressionless, cold future soldiers encircling her, the advanced weapons clearly not of human technology making her sigh, “Perhaps I should have considered you as partners from the beginning…” (To be continued. If you want to read more, please visit www.NovelFire.net. More chapters, support the author, support genuine reading!)